The heartbreaker
4.5828
points from the title
Came within 4.5828 points of the Grand Championship at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2022-09-08).
Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1551
peak 1551 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2020-09-18
latest 2023-04-07
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
684.47
last 5 Master vs avg 684.47 (-0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.68
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.13)
Road miles
526
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 166 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$91K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
684.47 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (10 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
On the rise
+37
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 37 points across 4 contests since 2022-05-05 — from 1514 up to 1551.
- 4 contests since 2022-05-05
- now 1551
Happy hunting ground
Top 14%
average finish here
Smoke on the Falls is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 4th
- average top 14%
High-water mark
696.4912
career-best overall
96.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 696.4912 at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 96.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-09-08
The one to beat
3×
one call ahead of them
RIBLIFE has finished one call ahead of Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
The weak link
−4.1
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.10 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 60%.
- Pork Ribs avg 169.13
- Chicken avg 173.23
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Barking Pig BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Poosa Q (2022-05-05).
- last seen 2020-09-18
- back 2022-05-05
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 28 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke on the Falls (2020-09-18).
- 2020-09-18
- 28-team field
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
64 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1717 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 83%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1716 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
Level with Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1722 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 6 years before Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1723 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1715 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking Pig BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 169.6684 | 173.23 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 163.3944 | 169.13 | top 36% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 165.0856 | 170.82 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 166.2400 | 171.28 | top 31% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 4 | 0 | top 22% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 11% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 14% | 2023-04-07 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2020-09-18 → 2023-04-07
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 173.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.13)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
60%
3 of 5 contests
Master average
684.47
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
358
349–138 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
526
5 mapped stops · furthest 166 mi
Schedule strength
1568
average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$91,340
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2020-09-18 → 2022-05-05
Power rating
1551
peak 1551 · #1718 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- First call Smoke on the Falls
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Falls
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.3372 Smoke on the Falls
- 2022
- First category win (Chicken) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall podium Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First Reserve Championship Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score696.4912 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2023
- Peak power rating (1551) Smoke on the Falls
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2022-09-08 |
| +15.7 | Smoke on the Falls | 2020-09-18 |
| +13.8 | Smoke on the Falls | 2023-04-07 |
| +7 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2023-03-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.7 | Poosa Q | 2022-05-05 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 95.3% | 95.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 30% | 96.7% | 95.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 14% | 94.9% | 94.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 5 / 39 (686.2056) | 5 (173.1200) | 15 (169.1544) | 5 (173.1084) | 12 (170.8228) |
| 2023-03-17 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 24 / 80 (683.8972) | 41 (170.8228) | 14 (172.5716) | 59 (165.0856) | 6 (175.4172) |
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 2 / 35 (696.4912) | 1 (180.0000) | 9 (171.4172) | 7 (173.1084) | 7 (171.9656) |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 39 / 72 (672.4112) | 34 (169.6684) | 36 (169.1200) | 44 (167.3828) | 45 (166.2400) |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 4 / 28 (683.3372) | 3 (172.5600) | 14 (163.3944) | 3 (175.4172) | 10 (171.9656) |